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(JTA) \u2014 Actor John Cusack tweeted an anti-Semitic image and slur, then apologized for what he called a \u201ccareless mistweet.\u201d<\/p>\n
The image shows a hand in a sleeve bearing a Star of David crushing a group of people struggling beneath it. It includes the quote \u201cTo learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize\u201d and incorrectly attributes it to the French philosopher Voltaire. Cusack tweeted above the image, \u201cFollow the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cusack, the star of \u201cSay Anything,\u201d \u201cGross Pointe Blank\u201d and the new \u201cNever Grow Old,\u201d at first said he thought he was retweeting a \u201cpro-Palestinian justice\u201d post and later agreed that the image was anti-Semitic, deleting it and his tweets justifying it.<\/p>\n
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\nThe image and fake quote have appeared frequently online posted by white supremacists and anti-Semites.<\/p>\n
Cusack tweeted an apology of what he called a \u201ccareless mistweet\u201d in a series of six tweets.
\n\u201cIn reaction to Palestinian human rights under Israeli occupation, an issue that concerns anyone fighting for justice, I [retweeted] and quickly deleted an image that\u2019s harmful to both Jewish and Palestinian friends, and for that I\u2019m sorry,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe image depicted a blue Star of David, which I associated with Israel as their flag uses the same color & shape. I know the star itself is deeply meaningful to Jews no matter where they stand on Israel\u2019s attacks on Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n
The insinuation that Jews or Israelis \u201crule\u201d over the public discourse and that money is their tool also struck readers as anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n
Yair Rosenberg, a senior writer at Tablet, tweeted a saved image of Cusack\u2019s tweet and wrote \u201cJohn Cusack tweeted something blatantly anti-Semitic, thinking it was just anti-Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that in 2019 a celebrity can openly share anti-Jewish stuff like this and genuinely think it\u2019s politically OK tells you a lot about why Israel became necessary and remains so.\u201d<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yair_Rosenberg\/status\/1140805656623980544<\/p>\n